In lifting onions spread them out to dry thoroughly before removing the leaves.«lf the latter do not conio away freely when dry, put the onions aside, and use them up first, for they will not keep well. Any very freshly-necked ones should also be discarded for the same reason. Onions that have gone to seed in a bed should never be allowed to ripen their seed for further sowings, as seed saved from these will invariably go. to seed the next season. For seed purposes pick out the largest and firmest onions that have fully developed and replant them." ' . ■ . . Some interesting remains of prehistoric .-.nimals have recently been found in South Africa. They include the bones of the gigantic Capo horse, which far exceeded the .Clydesdale in size.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15950, 22 June 1915, Page 9
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